Horror and Fantasy Films

British and Irish horror is legendary. Here we profile classics like Hammer through to modern day films. You can read interviews with current filmmakers too who are keeping our bloody cinematic history alive! Here is a list of all the Spooky films we’ve reviewed.

I monster 1971

My Top 15 Favourite Christopher Lee Films

Peripheral 2018

Peripheral 2018 REVIEW

Simon Pegg and Michael Sheen in Slaughterhouse Rulez

Slaughterhouse Rulez 2018 REVIEW

Close up of The Gorgon

The Gorgon 1964 REVIEW

The Tell-Tale Heart 1953 REVIEW

Castle Sinister is one the BFI's Most Wanted List

Castle Sinister 1932: Story Behind Lost British Horror Film

The Haunting 1963

The Haunting 1963: 10 Creepy Facts You Must Know

The Devil's Doorway is an example of how to make a found footage horror film

The Devil’s Doorway 2018 REVIEW

Dance of the Vampires, Fearless Vampire Killers

The Fearless Vampire Killers 1967 REVIEW

The Day of the Triffids 1962 REVIEW

The Others 2001 REVIEW

Frenzy 1972 REVIEW

Shaun of the Dead 2004

Shaun of the Dead 2004 REVIEW

The Ghoul 1933 REVIEW: When Karloff met British Horror

Black Death 2010

Black Death 2010 REVIEW

Alien 1979 Review

Alien 1979 REVIEW

7 Famous Van Helsing Actors (Who Weren’t Peter Cushing)

Five Missing British Classic Horror Films You’ve Never Seen

Fenella Fielding as Valera Watt in Carry on Screaming (1966).

Fenella Fielding (1927-2018), Farewell Femme Fatale Obituary

Bela Lugosi returns to the cape for Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein 1948 REVIEW

Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 1936 REVIEW

Boris Karloff facts

Boris Karloff: 18 Amazing Things You Didn’t Know

Jacqueline Pearce in her iconic title role as The Reptile (1966), one of many cult roles that made her a legend of fim and television.

Jacqueline Pearce Tribute: The Reptile on Film, an Angel in Life

Boris Karloff in Canada before he was famous

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